"So what does it play like? Well, after a gruelling session in Call of Duty, the RatPadz skin performs fantastically. The surface really is extremely close to that of the RatPad, and my Intellimouse Explorer v3 seemed to hug the pad and felt very smooth. I would say that it does reduce RatPad performance by a touch, but nothing that is really noticeable unless you are really trying to feel it."